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Feb. 24, 1931. JABLONS 1,794,076

WREATH AND PLANT SUPPORTING DEVICE Filed June 10, 1926 g-wuem/bm IRVINGJ/a BLONS Patented Feb. 24, 1931 units stares IRVING J'ABLONS, OF NEWYORIQIN. Y.

WREATH AND PLANT SUPPORTING DEVICE Application filed June 10, 1926.Serial No. 114,982.

My invention relates to wreath or plant supporting devices and one ofthe objects is to provide a novel and improved collapsible structurewhich is also capable of use in other connections to support objects ofornamentation.

One of the objectsof my invention is to provide a light, collapsiblestand or support which may be quickly and conveniently erected andtransported, the supporting legs bej ing constructed and arranged fornesting and requiring a minimum of space when the structure is in itsknockdown or collapsed condition.

A further object of my invention is to provide a supporting device for awreath, artificial or natural plant or flower potstand and consisting ofa plurality of radially disposed supporting members, preferably of 510easily bendable wire suitably braced at its bottom and forming a stable,substantially sturdy support.

To enable others skilled in the art to fully comprehend the underlyingfeatures of my invention that they may embody the same in the variousmodifications and possible changes of its structure, drawings depictinga preferred form are annexed hereto in which Fig. 1 is a perspectiveView showing my v invention.

Fig. 2 is a modified form of connecting ring forming the base of thesupport.

Fig. 3 is a detail view showing the supporting legs in their knockdowncondition 25 and in nesting relation.

Referring now to the drawings wherein like reference charactersdesignate corresponding parts throughout the several views, 5 designatesa plurality of vertical rods preferably of wire which may be bentoutwardly by hand from the full line to the dot ed line position asshown by Fig. 1 to support a wreath for instance, plant or other objectof ornamentation. The rods may be of any desirable length and areretained by two bands or collars 6 suitably spaced and fricionallyengaging the same. Each rod is bent outwardly as at and formed with abend or crimp 8 the purpose and object of which is to permit the rods tobe rotated from spread radially relatively to each other to constitute asupport, the crimped portion 8 of each rod being brought into contactwith the adjacent portion of the next in one direc tion to preventrotation of the rod beyond a predetermined point. The crimped portionsof the rods at this point lie contiguous to each other and in suchmanner that there is no interference in either opening or closing thedevice preliminary to attaching the connecting and bracing rings furtherto be described. f

' The outwardl bent portions .7 of the rods are of considera le length,each terminating in an inwardly bent foot 9 which is adapted to engagethe periphery of a wire, base ring 10,,said ring (which may be shapedother than round) being bracedby interconnected cross wires 11 attachedthereto. The base ring maintains the lower ends of the rods intheirspaced and spread position when the support is erected andconstitutes a stable base for a structure of considerable height.

It will also be observed that the outwardly bent portion 7 of each rodis also crimped as at 12 at a point substantially intermediate the crimp8 and the foot 9, the bent or criinped portions 12 being adapted toretain aclamping ring 13 provided with loops 14 at spaced points whichfurther braces the legs of the structure. The clamping ring 13. may beeasily seated after the bottom base ring is positioned by simply forcingthe same downwardly until the loops 1 1 snap into the crimped portion12, thus locking the structure by further causing the feet 9 to grip andengage the base ring. The base ring 10 may likewise be constructed withloops like those shown at 1% in Fig. 1 in which event the base ring 10would be made to fit over instead of within rods 9 which latter could be'madewith crimps corresponding to portions 12 and space at or near theends of rod 9. y

In the modified form of base ring 15 shown by Fig. 2, the feet 9 areadapted to engage the inwardly bent loops or crimps 16 of the said ringwhich prevents the legs from shifting on the outer surface thereof.

From the above description taken in connection with the drawings, itwill be seen that I have provided a simple, efficient yet veryconvenient, supporting structure which may be easily erected knockeddown and trans ported in the minimum of space. Particular emphasis isplaced on the nesting condition of the supporting legs wherein thecrimps 8 and 12 are similarly located. T he base ring and clamping ringmay be constructed of the same thickness of wire and being detachablecan be used in connection with any group of connected supportingmembers.

In actual practice, a bundle of theconnected wires are opened or rotatedradially soas to engage the periphery of the base ring. The clampingring is then urged downwardly until the loops enter the intermediatecrimps of the rods, thus locking the supporting legs and completing thesupporting structure.

While I have referred to, the bottom ring as a base ring, it may also beconsidered as a supporting means for a flower pot or other ornamentalobject when the supporting. device is reversed. The vertical rods 5 maybe embedded in theground for instance a sufiicient distance so that theobject may be placed on the ring, or if desired be used as a support.

Having shown and described my invention what I now claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent out the United States is:

1. A collapsible support of the class described comprising a pluralityof rods connected together in contiguous relation and divergingdownwardly, said rod-s being crimped at their points of divergencewhereby they may be rotated and spread radially in open position untilthe crimped portions abut the adjacent rod and adapted to nest in theirclosed or knockdown condition, a detachable base ring for engaging thelower extremities of the rods and a clamping ring for the mid portionsof the diverging lower extremities of the rods to clamp the latter tosaid base ring.

2. A collapsible support of the class described comprising a pluralityof rods connected together and diverging downwardly,

said rods being crimped at a point between the points of divergence andthe lower extremities thereof, a detachable base ring for engaging thesaid lower extremities and a clamping ring having loops adapted to ridewithin the crimped portion of the rods to lock the same to the basering.

3. A collapsible support of the class described comprising a pluralityof rods connected together in contiguous relation, said rods beingcrimped and converging downwardly, the lower extremities of the rodsbeing bent inwardly, said rods having a crimp located at a point betweenthe points of di- IRVING J ABLONS.

